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Topic: Why it helps to share here

Tracy9
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 7521

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Sharing our experiences heightens our joy and lessens our pain.

Not letting other people know what's troubling us cause the problem to trouble us even more. "Secrets keep us stuck," say the wise ones on our journey.

Sharing what's on our mind with a friend or supportive group gives that person an opportunity to help us develop a better perspective. On the other hand, staying isolated with our worries exaggerates them.

Staying isolated with our joys isn't helpful either. It minimizes them, thus cheating us out of feeling their full thrill. We deserve joy in our lives - lots of it - because we will have our full measure of pain.

Perhaps we fear others will criticize us for being braggarts if we sing forth our joy. But our real friends will sing right along with us. Our joys are deserved; they offset our trials. Telling others about both will let all our experiences count for something.

I will remain open to my friends today, sharing both my worries and my joys.

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13 years Lyme & Co.; Small Fiber Neuropathy; Myasthenia Gravis, Adrenal Insufficiency. On chemo for 2 1/2 years as experimental treatment for MG.

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Starfall1969
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 17353

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Amen, preach it sister.

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sk8ter
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 8671

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amen ditto!!!!

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randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 11290

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i am sooo glad to see you back.

i'm happier than a pig in slop to see ya!!!

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Tracy9
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 7521

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Thanks, I came across this and thought it said it much better than I could WHY I come here to share.....I am glad some people understand.

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13 years Lyme & Co.; Small Fiber Neuropathy; Myasthenia Gravis, Adrenal Insufficiency. On chemo for 2 1/2 years as experimental treatment for MG.

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bettyg
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nice saying tracy hugs

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